Weird Era
Dedicated to asking authors the right questions.
We found 10 episodes of Weird Era with the tag “bookclub”.
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Episode 81: Weird Era feat. Alexander Sammartino
April 5th, 2024 | Season 1 | 50 mins 1 sec
2024books, alexander sammartino, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, last acts, literature, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Alex about his debut novel Last Acts, if there is such a thing as a, "last act" in our lives, the American dream, commercialism, gun control and the opioid crisis, and somehow, it turns into one of the most uplifting conversations Sruti has had the privilege of sitting through, yet.
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Episode 80: Weird Era feat. Brontez Purnell
March 29th, 2024 | Season 1 | 41 mins 22 secs
2024books, authors, bookclub, books, brontez purnell, cowboy carter, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, ten bridges, weirdera, weirderapod
This week, Alex talks with returning Weird Era guest Brontez Purnell about his memoir in verse, Ten Bridges I've Burnt, twink death, Cowboy Carter, OnlyFans, how Black dialect has always been THE North American dialect, and so much more.
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Episode 79: Weird Era feat. Eliza Barry Callahan
March 15th, 2024 | Season 1 | 47 mins 39 secs
2024books, authors, bookclub, books, eliza barry callahan, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, the hearing test, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex talks with Eliza Barry Callahan about her literary novel, The Hearing Test, writing autofiction, the language of "internet novels", and what dictates composure in the face of adversity.
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Episode 78: Weird Era feat. Mariah Stovall
March 7th, 2024 | Season 1 | 59 mins 39 secs
2024books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, i love you so much, interviews, literature, mariah stovall, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Mariah Stovall about her favourite Jawbreaker album, how music wants you, and how some of us can get love so wrong, even when intended with purity.
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Episode 77: Weird Era feat. Alexandra Tanner
March 1st, 2024 | Season 1 | 45 mins
2024books, alexandra tanner, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod, worry
Sruti and Alexandra talk about her debut novel Worry, all about sisters (rivals? best friends? BOTH), what if we only communicated intended love, what a non-job is and how it's uniquely millennial, and much more.
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Episode 75: Weird Era feat. Rebecca May Johnson
February 16th, 2024 | Season 1 | 51 mins 51 secs
2024books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, rebecca may johnson, small fires, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti and Rebecca discuss how sit down meals serve as the root of discourse, how cooking is gendered, how pleasure and a delight in living is revolutionary, and much more.
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Episode 74: Weird Era feat. Katya Apekina
February 9th, 2024 | Season 1 | 46 mins 28 secs
2024books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, interviews, katya apekin, lit, literary, literarypodcast, literature, montreal, mother doll, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Katya Apekina about mean ethnic humour, if exclusively, "wanting" is the definition of purity, living as different versions of yourself in one lifetime, and the underrated joys of motherhood.
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Episode 73: Weird Era feat. Marie-Helene Bertino
February 2nd, 2024 | Season 1 | 43 mins 47 secs
2024books, authors, beautyland, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, mariehelenebertino, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex returns for season six of the pod with Marie-Helene Bertino in an episode about her novel Beautyland, where Alex asks big questions about the meaning of life, Marie recites an Edna St-Vincent Millay poem on the spot from memory, and both laugh about crying at the end of books.
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Episode 72: Weird Era feat. Lexi Freiman
October 27th, 2023 | Season 1 | 54 mins 28 secs
2022books, authors, ayn rand, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, lexi freiman, literature, montreal, mtl, randian, the book of ayn, weirdera, weirderapod
Tune in to our episode and hear us consider why more people should be embarrassed to be the same, what an unflushed turd is in contemporary social discourse, and why Rand was an intellectual top and a sexual bottom.
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Episode 71: Weird Era feat. Anna Biller
October 19th, 2023 | Season 1 | 37 mins 6 secs
2022books, anna biller, authors, bluebeard's castle, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, the love witch, verso books, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to the director of The Love Witch, about her debut novel, Bluebeard's Castle. They consider glamour, romance novels, Sruti's "little girl theory," why women often seek singularity, and how the adventure of sex that can sometimes trump the actual experience of sex.